Arrow Electronics Spain wins prestigious NetApp EMEA Partner Performance and Innovation Award in Venice

Arrow Electronics Spain has won the NetApp EMEA Partner Performance and Innovation Award in the category ‘EMEA Distributor of the Year’. Celebrated during this year’s NetApp EMEA Partner and Pathways Summit, the awards are presented in seven pan-European categories. The award program rewards NetApp partners for their contribution to the growth of the NetApp EMEA business based on categories such as technical knowledge, customer care and approachability or contributions to selected account business. Its jury consists of a panel of NetApp EMEA experts, many of which were present at the award ceremony inside the stunning 15th century Pisani Moretta Palace near Venice’s Grand Channel.

The 2013 show marked the seventh installment of the annual NetApp EMEA Partner and Pathways Summit. This exclusive event for top channel partners is designed to provide latest updates to the partner community and to offer the opportunity to exchange ideas, discuss go-to-market strategies and to network together.

“The distribution business is a key part in our go-to-market strategy and the ‘EMEA Distributor of the Year’ award a much coveted price. We are very proud that it goes to Spain this year and congratulate Arrow for their strong growth and brilliant midsize business operations in FY13,” says María José Miranda, regional director NetApp Iberia. “Arrow rose to become the number one Spanish distributor in spite of difficult market conditions. They have been a very loyal and supportive team for many years, so I am expecting more joint growth this year.”

“Our regional teams are doing a great job to develop and enable the channel based on NetApp`s sales and marketing strategy, and our congratulations go out to our Spanish team for this outstanding success”, says Jesper Trolle, Vice President Sales, EMEA ECS. “We continue to remain focused on bringing excellent service and NetApp solutions know-how to our reseller base.”